AusTraits

Heliotropium ammophilum

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Family Boraginaceae

Taxonomy: Heliotropium ammophilum Craven

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Heliotropium arenarium F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Heliotropium sp. Mulligan (W.J.Gasteen 89) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Heliotropium bacciferum Forssk. (misapplied)
  • Heliotropium undulatum Vahl (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 67 records in 13 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.6-1.9 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.05 mm (0.8-1.3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 48.75 mm (20-85 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (2-25 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear_elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1); undulate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1); undulate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (1); spreading (2) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); mammals (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyynnnnn (1); yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NTH_20231115D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_202368S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Sjostrom_200611A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.